New York state prepares to loosen medical marijuana laws

05

Jan

2014

New York may soon join the ranks of states that allow medical marijuana. Following the first legal sale of recreational marijuana in the United States in over a century, governor Andrew Cuomo is set to announce an executive action that will loosen restrictions on marijuana, according to The New York Times. According to the report, the policy will be very strict: only twenty hospitals across the state will be granted permission to prescribe marijuana to those with cancer, glaucoma, or any other disease explicitly approved by the states Department of Health. Its a shift for Governor Cuomo, whos been opposed to medical marijuana, though hes said before that he has an open mind on the matter.